Hatching Chicks in K2!


Schedule:

Arriving: May 1

Hatching: May 5 onward!


Do you have questions for us?

From Ms. Johnson's Kindergartners
  • How many eggs did you start with? 12 eggs
  • How many of your eggs have hatched? All of them!
  • What day of the week did your chicks hatch? They started hatching on Monday!
  • Did your chicks hatch when you were at school? Some of them had already hatched when we got to school but the rest hatched while we were in school.
  • Did you have any eggs that didn't hatch? No

From Mrs. Poulin's Kindergarten Class
  • Did you have fun with the project?
    • Yes, holding them was fun and petting them!
  • Did you learn anything?
    • We learned that they go potty a lot, they need light to feel warm, they need food and water. We also learned that all chickens can lay all different color eggs. They make noise right away.
  • Will anyone get to bring them home?
    • No, our chicks went back to a farm.
  • Do you know if they are boys or girls?
    • No, we don't know.
  • Did you name them yet?
    • Yes, we named them: Banana Fluff, Long Neck, Little Star Yellow, Charlotte, Stripey, Loudy, Blacky


Observations from Mrs. Lesher's Class at EA - 5/7/13:
"I picked up a yellow one and it was soft!"
"Some chicks are black."
"Some chicks are brown."
"The chicks are very cool."
"They are cute and really little and soft."
"They are really hairy and soft."
"I noticed that the yellow chick had a little yellow tooth at the end of its beak and it helped it hatch."
"I wonder why some of them are black?"
"I noticed that one chick jumped out of my hand, I think it was nervous."
"I think the gold chicks will turn our like Lucky and the black chicks will turn out like Blackey."
"He fell out of my hand and into the water."
"I heard a lot of chirping."
"They have big web feet."
"Mty friend used two hands to hold the chick."




Our Observations - Pre-Hatching:


We keep our eggs warm in the incubator:
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Here are our eggs:

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All of our eggs have numbers on them:
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Our Observations - Post-Hatching:


The empty eggs after the chicks hatched:
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One of the chicks starting to hatch: (you can hear it cheep!)


A newly hatched chick, still in the incubator:


After they had hatched and warmed up, we moved the chicks to a new container:
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Can you tell how many chicks have hatched?


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Here are the chicks moving around in their new home. What do you think they're saying?
"Are you my mother?"



New observations:

A new video of all the hatched chicks:


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We like to huddle together. Why do you think that is?


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We have lots of different color chicks